Xavier is a french police officer who has worked many years abroad as a head of secuirty for diplomats.
He has a master in Neuro linguistic Programming (NLP) and has a long experience, working as a social worker for unsocial homeschooled kids and people with disabilities.
Ever passionate by martial arts, Xavier never stopped practicing different fighting methods to enrich his martial arts skills.
After completing his 3rd dan in Karate Shukokai, he learnt Kick Boxing, Thai Boxing, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu before discovering, in 2013, a russian martial art called “Systema”.
In 2014, he met Valentin Talanov and his team for the first time during the IDC 1, in London. In 2015 and 2016, he also joined IDC 2 and IDC 3, in Russia. The IDC is an intense training course that immerses you into the Systema concept. Created by Valentin himself, it trains the future Systema Talanov instructors to become great teachers and great fighters.
It is a deep dive into the Systema Talanov teaching methodology, the street fight psychology, ground work, striking, knife use, defence against knife and multiple opponent work, all based around principals found at all systema schools: Breath, move and have a relax the body.

Since September 2016, with Valentin Talanovs approval, Xavier opened his school “Vital Systema”, based in Lavaur 81500, South West of France where he is teaching Talanovs methodology.